Re: [exim-dev] EXPERIMENTAL_PROXY clarification

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Author: Eugene Istomin
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To: exim-dev
CC: matthew.schlosser
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] EXPERIMENTAL_PROXY clarification
Matthew,

this is protocol made by Willy Tarreau - "The PROXY protocol provides a
convenient way to safely transport connection information"

So, Haproxy as frontend, exim as backend (we are using exim as
localhost:25 listener)
/---/
*/Best regards,/*
/Eugene Istomin/



> I'm reviewing the EXPERIMENTAL_PROXY documentation and it looks like

this
> allows me to use Exim as a proxy.
>
> Is there any way to do the inverse? I'm thinking a transport option to

send
> via a socks proxy. The idea is to use Exim MTA inside an environment

with
> no default route to the internet.
>
> Along the lines of:
>
> begin transports
> proxy_smtp:
>     driver = smtp
>     proxy = <socks4|5>:<proxy host or ip>:<port> (or equivalent lookup)

>
> Matthew Schlosser